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The Missouri couple who were recorded last summer brandishing firearms at protesters outside their St. Louis home pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges Thursday as part of a plea deal. Mark and Patricia McCloskey were issued fines and ordered to forfeit the firearms they were photographed with, which will now be...

The Freeburg Midgets (37-3) had a very good day as they won both their games at Duffy Bass Field at Illinois State University, including knocking off Timothy Christian 12-0 in the title game. This was after Freeburg upset Normal U-High in the semifinal 5-3. The Midgets in that game had all 4 of their hits in the game in that one inning. U-High had a sophomore that was already committed to Iowa University, however 9 strikeouts and 2 walks wasn’t good enough. It’s the Midgets first baseball title since 1989 and just 2nd overall.

The St. Louis couple who pointed guns at Black Lives Matter protesters from their lawn of the St. Louis mansion last July, pled guilty Thursday to one count of fourth-degree assault as part of a plea deal, reports local NBC affiliate KSDK. Why it matters: Mark McCloskey launched his bid...

MARYLAND HEIGHTS, Mo. (KMOV.com) -- A 14-year-old boy drowned in Creve Coeur Lake Thursday evening. Crews with the Maryland Heights Fire Protection District said the teen went underwater around 7 p.m. Crews recovered the boy's body about 20 feet off shore. Officials said the teen wasn't wearing a life jacket.

EDWARDSVILLE — Drug-related charges were filed in a number of cases Wednesday by the Madison County State’s Attorney’s Office. • Ronald C. Feldpausch, 41, of the 100 block of Courtland, Collinsville, was charged with unlawful possession of methamphetamine, a Class 2 felony. The case was presented by the Collinsville Police Department. According to court documents, on Feb. 23 Feldpausch was found to be in possession of between 5-15 grams of methamphetamine. Bail was set at $45,000.

ST. LOUIS — Firefighters at the St. Louis Fire Department's Engine House No. 4 located the parents of a child who was dropped off after he was found wandering the streets in a diaper Thursday afternoon. The fire department tweeted a photo of the boy Thursday evening saying he was...

A Southern Rockhopper Penguin at the Saint Louis Zoo is the latest resident to go viral, thanks to his sweet – and much-needed – pair of boots.

ST. LOUIS (KMOV.com) -- Firefighters have located the parents of a child who was found wandering Thursday afternoon. St. Louis City Fire Department said the child was found roaming the streets in a diaper around 5 p.m. The child was dropped off at the neighborhood firehouse in the Mount Pleasant neighborhood located at 4425 S. Compton.

CREVE COEUR, Mo. (KMOV.com) -- The Creve Coeur Police Department is investigating a Thursday afternoon road rage incident. Witnesses told officers two cars were in a rolling exchange of gunfire in the 10300 block of Old Olive Street Road near Olive and Lindbergh. Police said at lease on uninvolved car was hit by gunfire. No bystander injuries were reported.

MARYLAND HEIGHTS, Mo. — The body of a 14-year-old boy was pulled from Creve Coeur Lake Park about an hour after he went under the water and didn't resurface Thursday evening. Captain Robert Daus with the Maryland Heights Fire Department said the boy went under the water at around 7:30...

CREVE COEUR, Mo. — Old Olive Street Road was closed Thursday night while police investigated a rolling gun battle. Creve Coeur police said they were called to the intersection of Old Olive Street Road and North Lindbergh Boulevard at around 5 p.m. Witnesses told police they saw people in two cars firing shots at each other before speeding south on Lindbergh.

ST. LOUIS (KMOV.com) – A 13-year-old shot his parents while trying to stop his father from choking his mother overnight in St. Louis’ Academy neighborhood. Officers with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department were called to the 5100 block of Page around 1:10 a.m. Wednesday. When officers arrived, they found a 50-year-old man shot in lower body and a woman shot in the torso.

EDWARDSVILLE — A Cottage Hills man identified as homeless was charged Wednesday with failure to register as a sex offender. William S. Keene, 41, listed as homeless out of Cottage Hills, was charged June 16 with unlawful failure to register as a sex offender, a Class 3 felony. The case...

EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (KMOV.com) – The city of Edwardsville is rolling out a fee on single-use shopping bags, both plastic and paper. Edwardsville officials approved a single-use bag fee in grocery stores and other large retail shops back in 2019 and was mean to being in 2020 but was delayed. Now the 10-cent fee will go into effect on July 12.